Bell v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Desha Circuit Court. ANTONIO JB. Geace, Judge. The third instruction asked by appellant should have been given. 16 Ark. 568. It was error to refuse the seventh instruction asked by appellant. Dncommunicated threats are admissible as tending to show who was the aggressor, when self-defense is set up. 55 Ark. 593, 604; Whart. Cr. Bv. § 776; 93 TJ. S. 465; 34 Ark. 473; 47 Ark. 187; 29 Ark. 249; 9 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from Desha Circuit Court. ANTONIO JB. Geace, Judge. The third instruction asked by appellant should have been given. 16 Ark. 568. It was error to refuse the seventh instruction asked by appellant. Dncommunicated threats are admissible as tending to show who was the aggressor, when self-defense is set up. 55 Ark. 593, 604; Whart. Cr. Bv. § 776; 93 TJ. S. 465; 34 Ark. 473; 47 Ark. 187; 29 Ark. 249; 9 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 675; 34 Ark. 720; 49 Ala. 370; 9 Ind. 322; 53 la. 310; 24 la. 570; 63 N. Car. .1. When an assault is so fierce as to malee it apparently as dangerous for the person…
1Opinion of the Court
BuNN, 0. J.
This is an indictment for murder in the first degree, upon which the defendant was tried and convicted in the Watson district of the Desha circuit court, at its August term, 1900, and verdict pronounced accordingly, and defendant appeals.
The motion for new trial, which was overruled by the court, contains eleven assignments of error, but it is only necessary to consider such as pertain to the exclusion of threats against the defendant on the part of the deceased, and her conduct of deadly violence against him on one or more occasions a little time before the killing. The defendant…
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